senator blumenthal has stepped out to answer some of our questions. based on what your home state has gone through and people talking about newtown within this hearing itself, i want to show everybody the statistics of what the gun interest has been on background checks and people wanting to get guns. so as we look at this, it's really staggering to see exactly how many people have actually reached out to get guns. as we look at the numbers -- can we put it back up, gang? previous top day for checks, november 30, 1998, 177,000 new top week for checks, december 17th through the 28th, right after the newtown shootings, 953,000 upward, almost a million. as we look at this and the necessity, obviously, sir, to keep in check that americans supported through the supreme court in 2008 by the majority person that through the second amendment we have a right to bear arms. there is a logical connection with people wanting to facilitate having a right to that. but does it make you worry that there is not enough emphasis on what needs to be done for amending gun